Recruiting

Opioid Treatment

Sponsor:

Howard University

Code:

NCT05129813

Conditions

Counseling

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Recovery Guide Counseling

Study Details

Brief summary:

Participants include persons receiving buprenorphine treatment and Recovery Guide counseling in a Federally Qualified Health Center or buprenorphine treatment by telemedicine and Recovery Guide counseling in a church or faith-based community organization. Participants are interviewed at the outset of treatment, after 4 to 6 weeks, and then at 10 to 12 weeks of treatment. The study is an observational study aimed at evaluating the experiences and response to treatment of participants.

Conditions

Counseling

Study ID

NCT05129813

Start date

Oct 15, 2021

Status verified date

Nov, 2021

Completion date

May 31, 2022

Anticipated

Primary completion date

May 31, 2022

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Opioid use disorder
  • Initiating buprenorphine treatment

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Inability to understand the study protocol or assessment questions
  • Severe medical or psychiatric co-morbidity, including active psychosis, high risk for suicide, or medical contraindications to buprenorphine (e.g., allergy or sensitivity to buprenorphine),
  • Currently (or in the past 30 days) receiving MAT for OUD.

Study Design

Enrollment

20 participants

Anticipated

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

Buprenorphine MOUD in FQHC

Participants receiving buprenorphine treatment and Recovery Guide counseling in a Federally Qualified Health Center. Recovery Guide counseling is provided weekly.

Telemedicine Provision of Buprenorphine MOUD in a community site

Participants receiving buprenorphine treatment provided by telemedicine from a hub clinic and Recovery Guide counseling in a church or faith-based community organization. Recovery Guide counseling is provided weekly.

Interventions

Recovery Guide Counseling

Recovery Guide Counseling is a 12-session psychoeducational and behavioral counseling intended for delivery by Peer Recovery Specialists, community health workers, or other personnel without advanced training in counseling

Primary outcome measure

  • Treatment Retention [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Richard Schottenfeld, M.D.

202-865-6615richard.schottenfeld@howard.edu

Denise Scott, Ph.D.

202-865-2294d_m_scott@howard.edu

Locations

Howard University

Recruiting

Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 20060

Contacts

Richard Schottenfeld, M.D.

202-865-6615richard.schottenfeld@howard.edu

Denise Scott, Ph.D.

202-865-2294d_m_scott@howard.edu

More Information

Sponsor

Howard University

Last update posted

Nov 22, 2021

Last verified

Nov, 2021

Keywords

  • Opioid Use Disorder
  • Behavioral Counseling
  • Peer Recovery Specialist
  • Buprenorphine

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Howard University on 2021-11-22.